#B1A137#B1A137

#B1A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A137
RGB	rgb(177, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -6.49, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 55.24, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.023 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5673, 35.1141, 8.7286)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A137 #3747B1

analogous

#B16437 #B1A137 #84B137

triadic

#B1A137 #37B1A1 #A137B1

tetradic

#B1A137 #37B164 #3747B1 #B13784

square

#B1A137 #37B164 #3747B1 #B13784

split-complementary

#B1A137 #3784B1 #6437B1

monochromatic

#544C1A #827728 #B1A137 #CCBD5A #DACF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B1A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B1A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A137

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A137	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbc74',
    500: '#b1a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a137;
$custom-light: #ccbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A137

secondary

#8089C4

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A137

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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